TUBE-NOSED SWIMMERS—Order Tubinares 
SHEARWATERS—Family Procellaride 
FULMAR 
86. Fulmarus glacialis. 19 in. 
Bill short and stout, compared to that of the shear- 
waters, strongly hooked at the tip and with the nostrils 
opening out of a single tube, prominently located on the 
top of the bill. They have two color phases, the light 
one beingegull-like, but the tail is gray like the mantle; 
eyes brown; bill and feet yellowish. In the dark phase 
they are uniformly gray above and below. These plum- 
. ages appear to be independent of sex or age. They are 
extremely abundant at some of their breeding grounds 
in the far north. The birds are constant companions 
} of the whalers, and feed largely upon blubber that is 
_ thrown overboard. 
Nest.—Their single white eggs are laid upon bare 
ledges of sea cliffs. (2.90 x 2.00). 
_  Range.—Breeds in the North Atlantic and Arctic 
Oceans from Labrador and northern Scotland north- 
ward; winters south regularly. 
